STUDYPATH* November 30-December 4, 2015

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday November 30
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop tests scored and returned to students
Units One-Six Vocabulary Workshop tests scored and returned to students
Resiliency unit (Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass) continues in class; prewriting and paper due date are scheduled in class and as homework
All Thanksgiving break assigned work is due today in class and online (letters to the editor); see last week's blog entries

Tuesday December 1
Pre-AP literary terms and rhetorical devices continue in class
"The Standard of Living" Dorothy Parker fiction piece is scheduled

Wednesday December 2
Holt Grammar textbook is required in class; homework includes clauses assignment

Thursday December 3
Upfront New York Times nonfiction is scheduled in class

Friday December 5
Preview of Franklin D. Roosevelt Inaugural speech analysis and discussion is scheduled
Winter break work reviewed and assigned; Shakespeare in American Communities and Shakespeare.org outlining and The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts I-V responses and analysis
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
Lord of the Flies Chapters 4-9 class discussion is scheduled; all dialectical journal work and novel is required in class

AGENDA BIN:
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (Shakespeare) (Roman drama unit)
Antigone (Sophocles) (Greek Drama unit)

Thanksgiving Break Assignments

LA TIMES LETTER TO THE EDITOR #4

LA TIMES LETTER TO THE EDITOR #5

LORD OF THE FLIES DIALECTICAL JOURNALS 4-6

LORD OF THE FLIES DIALECTICAL JOURNALS 7-9

VOCABULARY WORKSHOP UNIT EIGHT

VOCABULARY WORKSHOP UNIT NINE

November 30 is due date for all assignments.

STUDYPATH* November 16-20, 2015

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday November 16
Lord of the Flies dialectical journals (2 per chapter) Chapters 1-3 are due Friday for discussion (postponed to Friday from today)
Catcher in the Rye papers scored and returned to students
Resiliency prewriting activities continue in class all week
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow

Tuesday November 17
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven test is scheduled; Unit Eight responses are due Monday, November 30
Resiliency unit continues in class

Wednesday November 18
Holt Grammar textbook is required in class for grammar assignment

Thursday November 19
Resiliency unit continues in class

Friday November 20
Lord of the Flies dialectical journals are due for class discussion; novel is required in class

AGENDA BIN:
Thanksgiving break homework assigned

STUDYPATH* November 9-13, 2015

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday November 9
Comprehension Test B for Catcher in the Rye scored and returned to students
Vocabulary Workshop Units 4-6 review responses are due today in class; test for Units One-Six is scheduled tomorrow (study twenty words for each unit to prepare for test)
Resiliency Unit is introduced and paper due Monday, November 16 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Grammar assignment for Common Usage Problems started in class Friday is due today
Fahrenheit 451 textbooks are returned to class by students

Tuesday November 10
Catcher in the Rye paper is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; choose one of the three prompts distributed in class
Vocabulary Workshop Units One-Six cumulative test is scheduled today
Catcher in the Rye (complete novel and all dialectical journals) class discussion is scheduled today and Thursday

1.     Discuss Holden Caulfield's relationship with his sister Phoebe.  How does she view him?  What is Holden's perception of her?  How do those views contribute to our understanding of Holden as the main character in The Catcher In The Rye?

2.     Discuss how Holden Caulfield changes during the course of the novel.  What does he learn about himself?  What does he learn about the people with whom he comes in contact?  Does he indeed "come of age" and grow to understand himself because of the many people and experiences he encounters?

3.     Choose one of the following and explain its symbolic significance in the novel.  A symbol is something, often an object, that stands for something besides itself.

1. Allie's baseball glove
2. Holden's red hunting cap
3. The carrousel in Central Park

Wednesday November 11
Today is Veteran's Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Thursday November 12
Catcher in the Rye (complete novel and all dialectical journals) class discussion concludes in class today
Resiliency Unit class activities and prewriting for paper due Monday, November 16 continue in class

Friday November 13
Resiliency Unit class activities and prewriting continue in class for paper due Monday, November 16 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Resiliency Unit peer review and revisions
Lord of the Flies dialectical journals assigned for beginning chapters of novel